Last call! Don't miss this chance to be one of the authors of Novel Novice's Exquisite Corpse collaboration. Get the full scoop about this project. The final poem will be published on Friday, April 30, the last day of National Poetry Month. It's shaping up nicely already... just a few more inspired lines will give... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #27 Interrupted Earlier today, we posted about Lynn Emanuel's poetry collection Then, Suddenly--, which she was writing when her father died. Whether the book's title is an indication of his passing, whether it symbolizes the interruption of her creative process, or whether it has another meaning entirely, the thought of interruption informs... Continue Reading →
Our featured poet as we celebrate this last week of National Poetry Month is Lynn Emanuel. Today we look briefly at one of her poetry collections: Then, Suddenly--. Or, more accurately, we quote Emanuel talking about the book. In a rare interview, Emanuel said this about Then, Suddenly--: A number of poems address the reader... Continue Reading →
Want to get a little closer to Adam Lambert? Win a copy of On the Meaning of Adam Lambert by entering our National Poetry Month lyric-writing contest. Entries will be accepted through this Wednesday, April 28. Send your submission to libby.novelnovice@live.com in the body of an email. Get the full details here!
Creative Writing Prompt #26 Wish You Were Here Loss is something that every single one of us has experienced - or will experience - in life. Whether someone is lost because of a death or because they've moved away, whether they've been forcibly taken out of your life or they've left by choice, people leave... Continue Reading →
And so begins the last week of National Poetry Month, which means this post introduces our last featured poet... at least for April! Lynn Emanuel (b. 1949) is unique in our poetry celebration this month in that she is the only living poet that we have featured prominently. T.S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, and Allen Ginsberg... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #25 Sound Your Yawp Earlier today, we introduced you to the barbaric yawp as it's presented in Dead Poets Society. In this life-changing film, Professor Keating makes Todd Anderson stand before his classmates and create a poem as he stares at a picture of Walt Whitman. And with his eyes closed, under... Continue Reading →
One of yesterday's National Poetry Month posts wasn't about a book or a poet, per se, but about a movie: Dead Poets Society. We continue with a little more on that topic today... In this magnificent film, Professor Keating (Robin Williams) dares his students to call him "O Captain! My Captain!" That title is the... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #24 Carpe Diem We're talking about the movie Dead Poets Society this weekend. In this film full of poetry from Tennyson, Shakespeare, Whitman, Thoreau, Frost, and more, there is a running theme - Carpe Diem. As Professor Keating tells his students: Seize the day, boys... make your lives extraordinary. Write a poem... Continue Reading →
There are people who love coming-of-age movies that are simultaneously full of teenage angst and revelations... The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, School Ties, you know the ones that fit into that category. Well, there's another coming-of-age movie that stands out, for me, far above the others. And National Poetry Month is the perfect time to... Continue Reading →
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